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Dec. 10, 2012
Making Chemistry Visible: Simple Demonstrations with Olive Oil
The olive provides a culinary landscape in which an appreciation of the unique chemical nature is a key to real understanding.
Dec. 6, 2012
USITC Holds Hearing on Olive Oil Market Conditions
The USITC held a hearing as part of an investigation into the conditions of competition in the olive oil market.
Dec. 4, 2012
A rental agreement etched in a stone tablet from the third century BC says that the tenant must plant an olive tree every year.
Dec. 4, 2012 World
Dec. 1, 2012 Food & Cooking
New Cookbook Celebrates Spanish Olive Oil in Global Cuisines
Nov. 28, 2012 World
Nov. 27, 2012 World
Two More Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oils Close to Clinching PDO Status
Nov. 26, 2012 World
Gino Celletti and Pieralisi: Olive Oil Technology Made Simple
Nov. 25, 2012
Olive Harvest at Turkey's Dionysos Hotel
A family helps with the olive harvest at Dionysos boutique hotel in southwest Turkey, and learns how olive oil is made.
Nov. 14, 2012
Just Maybe the World's Best Place to 'Live'
The people of Ikaria island in the Aegean Sea have fully grasped the meaning of leading a healthy and happy life.
Nov. 12, 2012
Carol Drinkwater: Following 'The Olive Oil Route' with Passion
The British actress has written several books on her adventures and is filming her quest to discover the route of the olive tree.
Nov. 8, 2012
Researchers Say New Tool Measures Olive Oil 'Healthfulness'
The health benefits of a specific olive oil could be easier to assess with a new Greek system to measure the content of key compounds.
Nov. 8, 2012
David Oliver Fischer Wins Olive Oil Cooking Contest in Bilbao
The chef from Restaurant Hos Fischer in Copenhagen won the judges over with his "pineapple with olive oil and buckthorn."
Nov. 7, 2012
A Chef's Private 'Olive Oil Workshop' Below Madrid
Olive oil expert and two Michelin-starred chef Paco Roncero has created a cutting edge new workshop for developing culinary ideas.
Nov. 7, 2012
Dispelling the Myths of Frying with Olive Oil
You can enjoy the health benefits of cooking with olive oil, even with high-temperature methods such as frying and sautéing.
Nov. 5, 2012
Tasting Fresh Olive Oils in Italy
In Italy the olive picking season has started, with a different schedule for every region and the olive mills are working at full capacity.
Nov. 5, 2012
Call to Promote Olive Oil in Europe's Schools
European schoolchildren could be given subsidized olive oil if a proposal from Spanish Members of the European Parliament goes ahead.
Oct. 31, 2012
Origins of Georgia’s Newborn Olive Oil Industry
It may have been a perfect convergence of conditions that led to the beginning of Georgia’s new olive oil industry.
Oct. 30, 2012
Gethsemane Olive Trees Among World's Oldest
A three-year study on the trees in Jerusalem's famous garden, has shown that their trunks and branches are around 900 years old.
Oct. 30, 2012
Every fall, just like his neighbors in his Cypriot village of Kivissili, Michalis Chrisidou dusts off a pair of clear plastic tanks to carry freshly pressed olive oil to last him the next few months.
Oct. 26, 2012
Spanish Olive Oil Under Constant Threat from Climate Change
Spanish olive oil production has doubled in the last ten years, but climate change may mean a setback for the global production leader.
Oct. 25, 2012
Why Riders Mixed Testosterone with Olive Oil
A mix of testosterone and olive oil known as the “oil" was used in elite cycling, say anti-doping investigators. But why the olive oil?
Oct. 24, 2012
Cyprus Celebrates the Olive Tree
On the outskirts of Cyprus’ charming and historic village of Anogyra, Cypriots set aside one day each year to celebrate the olive tree.